Let's Have a Campground Potluck

Janet Groene's
Squaw Corn Casserole

This economical dish makes a generous casserole to put on the potluck table. It can be made atop the stove, in a Dutch oven in the campfire, or in an oven. Cook it completely in camp,or bring cooked and crumbled ground beef from home (I always have a supply of it in the freezer), or substitute fully cooked meat crumbles from the supermarket. This can also be made with vegetarian “meat” crumbles or sausage crumbles.

Equivalent of 2 pounds ground meat, fully cooked
Medium onion, finely diced
4 eggs
½ cup milk
2 cans, 14 to 16 ounces each, cream-style corn
2 tablespoons prepared mustard
1 ½ cups bread crumbs
3 tablespoons butter

Stove-top or campfire method: Press the meat crumbles in a cold, greased baking pan or skillet and sprinkle with the onion. Whisk together eggs, milk, corn, and mustard. Stir in half the bread crumbs and spread over the meat. Cover and bake over low-medium flame or in a Dutch oven well buried in glowing coals until the corn custard mixture is “set”. In a small skillet, melt the butter, stir in the remaining bread crumbs until they are browned and crisp, and sprinkle on the casserole before serving.
For oven baking, pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Put the corn mixture (hold back half the bread crumbs) in a 9 X 13-inch casserole. Bake 30-45 minutes or until the corn mixture is “set”. Add buttered bread crumbs for the last 5 or 10 minutes so they toast to a golden brown.

Serves 8 to 10.

See more great potluck recipes at
http://www.BoatCook.blogspot.com
and
http://www.ChurchSupper.blogspot.com

For more Janet Groene recipes, see this month's Camping Life magazine.

Janet Groene's Sizzle a Sausage Skillet

Tired of the same old ground beef recipes? Fry up this one-dish meal in a nonstick skillet and cleanup is a snap. It’s a sort of succotash, but adding meat makes it a complete meal while also adding a wonderful, sausage flavor. Choose a flavorful, lean, very high quality sausage in hot, medium or mild depending on family tastes. No other seasoning is needed.
This is as easy to make as the hamburger-tomato mixtures we campers cook so often (too often?), but it’s totally different. See how your family welcomes the change.

1 pound lean bulk sausage
Small onion, diced
Large sweet potato, peeled and diced
8-ounce can lima beans
8-ounce can whole kernel corn
2 teaspoons cornstarch
Stir-fry sausage over high heat, gradually stirring in onion and sweet potato to pick up brown bits. Add juice from canned corn. Cover, reduce heat and cook until sweet potato is tender. Drain canned limas and stir juices into cornstarch. Stir into sausage mixture over medium heat, adding limas and corn to heat through. When sauce thickens, serve at once. Serves 4

Janet's RV cookbook is published in both English and French.

See more of Janet's camping-tested recipes at
http://www.CampAndRVCook.blogspot.com

Don't waste time stopping for meals on the road. Carry a good supply of trail mixes plus bottled water or juices and eat on the go. Recipes at http://www.CreateAGorp.blogspot.com

A night out during your camping trip? Even if you're not a church person yourself you'll get a warm welcome and a good meal at a good price by attending local church suppers. http://www.ChurchSupper.blogspot.com

Janet Groene's Chicken-Mushroom Salad

Buy garlic vinaigrette or another tangy oil and vinegar dressing in a bottle. Everything
for this quickie salad can be bought pre-cut, pre-cooked and pre-packaged. Just throw it all together and bask in the compliments.

1 bag angelhair lettuce, 12 to 16 ounces
12-ounce package sliced fresh mushrooms
12-ounce package cooked chicken bites
1 bunch scallions, sliced (white and light green only)
2 cups diced vegetables*
½ cup garlic vinaigrette dressing, or to taste
In a large salad bowl mix all ingredients and toss with dressing just before serving. Serves 4 to 6 as a luncheon main dish.

*Make a colorful medley using red, green or yellow peppers, green and yellow squash,
red onions or what have you.

See more of Janet's camp-ready recipes at
http://www.CampAndRVCook.blogspot.com

See more great potluck recipes at
http://www.BoatCook.blogspot.com
and
http://www.ChurchSupper.blogspot.com